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Originally Posted by PropellerHead
Awesome! Thanks! We are doing a guide through Antelope, so I will check into Monument Valley. Do you think that and Mesa Verde can be done in a day with a stop by 4 corners?
Doable, as it's under 200 miles, but that is hauling azz and not spending much time at either one, Mon or Mesa.
The Four Corners deal is as you may recall, a hour tops. It is considerably different than when you last saw it, as the actual metal plaque area is now surrounded by Native American descendants selling all kinds of junque...I am 1/8th Oglala Sioux and I was embarrassed. Like a bad ethnic flea mkt...
NEway, I am jealous of your Antelope Valley excursion; it was booked and pouring when we went by. Hope you get a dry day for that. If you see that, then Mon Valley could just a drive by, but the best 'view' on a drive by is coming from the north, the usual postcard pic, see below.
So, maybe a drive through Mon Valley, skipping interior tour, haul to 4 Corners and roll to Mesa Verde. But, I highly rec'd the tour in Mesa Verde and it requires some walking, slight climbing, but is remarkable.
You guessed correctly. My daughter has to see 4 corners. I went when I was her age and was impressed only with having been there rather than what I saw.
And we're doing Mesa Verde (I think that's #24), but Roadtrippers only allows 31 way points on a trip, so I had to break them up. I'm kind of a planning nut, so I even have one with places we intend to eat. I have Calendar invites with all the hotel reservation info, jeep tours, and addresses of dinners and even lunches.
The Roadtrippers plan with Route 66 is nearly filled with all the weird stuff we may want to see. Diners, gift shops, Cadillac Ranch, etc.
Having done Rt 66 a few times, I find it just so-so, with a few interesting/'iconic' stops and the rest is just a boring two lane vs fine azz curvy mtn two lanes, but I understand your trip partners' wishes. 
Winslow: It's worth the drive for a pic. I did 5 days/nights in the county jail there, summer of '65. Long story, but it taught me that I am never, ever going back to 'jail', let alone prison.  |
The planning is fun, but my advice is to remain flexible, and if something catches your eye on the road, or on the GOOG map on your smart phone, why not pull over and look...
We avoided hard, fast, cast in bronze motel or even town destination stops, as time flies and rather than have to 'be at the next town by din din/committed motel rez', we usually just floated to where we could get to that afternoon, hit the smart phone for motels/din din joints in that 'next town', hit the motel site on the phone, copped a room and rolled in. Then we would either 'eat next door' or close by, based on rec'd, but not drive far for those medicinal cocktails and dinner.
My point is flexibility is rec'd vs 'we gotta be 200 miles down the fookin road and it's already 3:30 in the afternoon!"
My 50Cts...GL, mD
Last edited by motordavid; 07-13-2015 at 04:05 PM.
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